Indian Scholar Who Criticized Idol Worship Murdered at Home

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Source: New York Times

Indian police are investigating the weekend murder of a scholar who was known for his outspoken criticism of idol worship and religious superstition.

The shooting of M.M. Kalburgi at his home shocked Indian civil society and led to an outpouring of grief as his body was cremated Monday in his hometown of Dharwad in southern India.

Police say they are looking for two men who reportedly arrived on a motorcycle at his home on Sunday and fired two shots that hit the 77-year-old academic in the head and chest.

The top elected official of Karnataka state, Siddaramaiah, said the culprits would be punished for the "condemnable" attack.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/08/31/world/asia/ap-as-india-scholar-killed.html?_r=0

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There's a criminal case now being pursued against some people who tweeted that Kalburgi "deserved it":

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/karnataka-police-takes-up-case-of-youth-for-posting-provocative-tweet-following-the-murder-of-kalburgi/

[MgtPA]

1. Sense8 plotline

[beam me up scottie]

2. Horrific.

[fasttense]

3. Seems the Religious are more intolerant and vengeful than the Nonreligious

The Religious even murder people who do and say things they don't like. When was the last time an atheist murdered someone for daring to claim they believed in a invisible being that created the world and ruled our lives? Seems religion causes more suffering than it prevents.

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4. February of this year

When was the last time an atheist murdered someone for daring to claim they believed in a invisible being

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Chapel_Hill_shooting

[Hoppy]

5. Cue: Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, ... I can't recall the names of the others.

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6. Marat; Robbespierre; etc.

It's hardly an empty set.

[demosincebirth]

7. +1

[Archae]

8. Hitler was a "Christian."

And in his speeches he bragged about stopping atheism.

https://richarddawkins.net/2014/10/the-atheist-atrocities-fallacy-hitler-stalin-pol-pot/

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. They killed because they were dictators

not because they were atheists.

[riderinthestorm]

13. +1. Basic history nt

[riderinthestorm]

12. From your link, the police have concluded this was a parking dispute

"On February 10, the Chapel Hill Police Department said their investigation indicates that the crime was motivated by an ongoing neighbor dispute over parking.[11]"

[LiberalElite]

9. Evil people are everywhere -

some are religious and some aren't.

[riderinthestorm]

11. Of a piece with the Bangladesh murders of the writers advocating for secularism there